Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2423 Trade Adjustment Memorandum ([-])
"I think Japan's demand potential is great, but their silver output has reached the upper limit, around 150 tons per year. Unless we directly intervene in Japan's silver mining-this will increase a lot of costs. With the current mining capacity of the shogunate In other words, Japan’s outflow is almost all of their annual output. Even if we sell more goods, we won’t get more money—of course, they can use seafood and sulfur to offset part of it, but the value too low."

"Is it possible to ask them to leave the Japanese market only by administrative or even military means? This is not in line with the beauty of the concept of free trade." Xiao Zishan leaned back on the rattan chair and sighed slightly.

Wang Kai remained silent. After a while, Xiao Zishan straightened up and asked:

"According to what you said just now, where did the money for the Dutch purchases in India come from?"

"Well, Japan too. And since our shipments are allocated to the Japanese market, they've also increased their purchases in India."

Many patriarchs ignore India when it comes to foreign trade issues.Indeed, in the history of China's foreign trade, Indian businessmen are rarely seen, and a large number of Indian products are mostly transported and sold to China by European businessmen.

However, India played a key role in maritime trade from the 16th to the 19th centuries.It is not only the origin of a large number of exported goods, but also provides financial support for businessmen from all over the world
"...The Mughal Empire is working hard to develop its own cash crop industry, and doesn't mind earning more money. We have managed a good business environment in East Asia, and we should use our advantages to get the biggest piece of cake. Like now In this way, we have fattened a direct military opponent, and fattened an opponent who competes with us in terms of products, and VOC, you also know them—they are insatiable.” After Fatty Wang finished speaking, he drank water in a big gulp, and then he was out of breath. .

"Mr. Wang Yuan, don't rush to rest. I agree with your views on the concept of trade. Rather than free trade, we are actually closer to mercantilism. But how do you deduce the promotion of trade status by monopolizing the outflow of Japanese silver?" ? We have knocked out one of the incomes of the Dutch, can their Eurasian trade still be successful? Please continue to talk while we are thinking about this."

Fatty Wang stood up with a snap, very quickly.He was also afraid of losing his mind.

He walked to the blackboard in the office, picked up the chalk and began to write.

"We are now talking about the single-round Eurasian trade model of the Netherlands. We set the principal of the Dutch as x, and the value of the goods exported from Australia and Song Dynasty to Europe through the hands of the Dutch as a. The main types are silk, sugar, porcelain industrial products , the value of goods exported from India to Europe is set to i, and the type is mainly cotton cane sugar saltpeter. As we all know, the Dutch are notoriously stingy, and the ultimate purpose of their trade is silver, and the silver left in Europe, so their The principal is a very pitiful figure. They have to pour raw silk and sucrose twice on the China-Japan route to change x to 4x~6x, and then sell sucrose from India to Persia, Indian cotton to Southeast Asia, and Chinese porcelain. In the two Asian domestic trades, in the end, they accumulated goods worth about 10x in Batavia. 10x=a+i. After returning to Europe, their value became 30x~50x.

"This is the profit rate achieved after two large multiplications and several small multiplications. You can completely regard the 6x after completing the Japanese trade as their principal, which is much more reasonable. They completed this set The process is about 2 years. You can see that we take away their Japanese profits. In fact, it does not have a big impact on their overall profits, but what affects them is their cycle, which will increase their domestic trade transactions and The time consumption has increased to an unacceptable level. So if we take away the Japanese silver that belongs to us, and then provide them with targeted loans, their reaction will not be too violent, but they will treat us as a straw. I also look for the Dutch After trying it out, they are psychologically prepared for our monopoly and feel that they have taken advantage of it. They are more concerned about the principal issue, so they welcome the targeted loan plan.”

"I understand. The targeted loan is for specific goods. In fact, it is to give them credit. It does not need to see real money, but it is calculated in Australian dollars. Of course, we have the final say on the type and quantity of the credit. You plan to use this to adjust The composition of their goods, as well as the proportion of the origin." Director Xiao made a summary.

"Yes, we have information and know the approximate types and quantities of their purchases. Their purchase needs in India can be exchanged for the industrial products we provide. In this way, they will be more motivated to sell our products , such as the bone china mentioned above. The loan can still be understood as two parts a+i. We can not only adjust the value of a and i, but also fine-tune the types of goods they correspond to. For example, in a certain year when we have a bumper sugar harvest, we will Reduce the part of i; if we also develop cotton spinning, we will increase the amount of cotton spinning in a and further reduce i. In this way, even if our ship cannot reach Malacca, it can still affect the European and Asian trade of the Dutch.”

"Can the security of the loan be guaranteed?"

"Only accept fixed asset mortgages in Asia, and we have the ability to recover their mortgages. For the shareholders of the East India Company in the seven provinces, even the Dutch miser will be happy to pay for the completed business. Even if it's for next year's business, you have to pay back the money."

"Not bad!" Director Xiao nodded. "You have explained very thoroughly. I have no objection to the adjustment plan of the Ministry of Colonial Trade. First, this is not within my jurisdiction. Second, I am only a primary school student in this regard, and I have no opinions worth expressing."

"You are too modest..." Fatty Wang hurriedly put on a certain hat.

Xiao Zishan's eyes fell on a certain point outside the window, and after a while, he said: "The Ministry of Light Industry intends to develop the cotton textile industry on a large scale, and has also launched a promotion plan to implement it. But we don't have a raw cotton production area, what do you think? "

Wang Kai didn't expect Xiao Zishan to raise such a question suddenly.He didn't care too much about it.But if you think about it roughly, neither Hainan Island, Guangdong, Guangxi, Kaohsiung, nor Jeju Island are suitable cotton planting areas.Where did the raw materials for this cotton spinning mill come from?
"If you can't import it in the Ming Dynasty, you can consider importing raw cotton from India." He immediately thought of a countermeasure, "As long as the British are persuaded to do so, it will be profitable for them."

India has been a major producer of cotton and cotton cloth in the world throughout history.On the standard level, it is the largest cotton cloth supplier to the Senate.Indian cotton cloth almost accounts for more than half of the Senate's cotton cloth imports, and it is equal to Songjiang cotton cloth.

"I think so too. VOC is indeed very strong, but BEIC is also a potential stock. The cabinet's opinion is that the slave trade should not be extended to the mainland. In addition to small-scale 'special use', we must turn over the chapter of population trade as soon as possible. past."

Wang Kai was a little puzzled.He didn't understand why he suddenly jumped to this again, so he had no choice but to echo:

"I agree with this. In the long run, the Sanya mines will still be dominated by worker labor, and slave labor will be gradually abolished. There will definitely be legacy problems in the future."

"I heard that Nanyang Company is planning to develop cash crops in Southeast Asia?"

"I do have this plan. The climate in Southeast Asia is more suitable for growing cash crops than Hainan Island. After all, most of the tropical crop plantations in history were concentrated in Southeast Asia." Wang Kai did not expect Director Xiao to be so interested in cash crops, "For example, the urgent beard rubber, oil palm, cinchona, jute, coconut..."

"Well, the plantation is indeed a very efficient agricultural production organization." Xiao Zishan said, "We can give more consideration to the participation of immigrants and private capital. If VOC and BEIC want to participate, my personal opinion is that they can't be considered."

"The Dutch are running rubber plantations for us now, and they will be more interested in the future."

Wang Kai didn't know that Director Xiao was so interested in running plantations. When he mentioned private capital, Fatty Wang thought he was implying that a certain naturalized family was "very aggressive" and "very progressive".I didn't expect to talk about VOC and BEIC.Do these two still use him?
After leaving Xiao Zishan's place, Wang Kai's mood was unprecedentedly good.All obstacles have now been removed.He can go to the "promised land" in Southeast Asia to show his talents.

Within a few minutes of Wang Kai returning to his temporary office in Nanyang, he received calls from around.With the ups and downs of the surrounding voices on the phone, the expression on Fatty Wang's face gradually changed from "happy" to serious, then "difficult", and finally bitter gourd.

"I said Mr. Zhou, you're putting a pot of shit on your head." Fatty Wang couldn't help complaining, "Who the hell entrusted you to do this? You have ulterior motives, and it's clear that you are giving us eye drops what……"

He listened patiently for a while: "Yes, yes, I know she is very useful, and she is a professional counterpart. If there is no accident, of course it is hello, hello, hello everyone, if something happens, we will offend Lin Hanlong to death! Besides, she is now the number one celebrity around Lin Hanlong, we have been here for at least half a year, can Lin Hanlong let her go?"

Then the surroundings said something else on the phone, and Fatty Wang said helplessly: "I really wish I could shoot your life secretary! You owed a lot of debts before this business opened—this Chu is really not a good person." Tricksters! Tricksters!" Fatty Wang scolded on the phone.

After a while, he put down the microphone with a face full of helplessness.In any case, these seven veterans are determined by Nanyang Company.Surrounded by "presiding over the overall situation" in Sanya, he happened to be in Lingao again by coincidence, so it was up to him to handle it.

Of course, if Sonia can join this Nanyang expedition, he will become even more powerful.It's just that the risk is too great.

(End of this chapter)